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A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. - Proverbs 17:22

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Something for the Little Poopers (aka Pup, Pooch, Perrito)

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This is the first time ever that the kids have attempted to help out with chores pertaining to puppy.

It's been adorable to watch my seven-year old make squishy, semi-gagging faces while picking up pup's poops, and equally adorable to watch as my five-year old almost embraces the icky smells. Gross, but adorable.

They'd taken up the task of feeding pup but somehow leaving it up to their little hands to cup handfuls of dogfood straight from the bag from garage to kitchen proved to be a little disastrous. Which is why I needed to undertake something to simplify the process, and make it look alluring enough to sit in my kitchen.

06. Since the tin is round, I didn't want to butcher it with a stencil so I decoupaged the thing. Notice the Elmer's glue up top and paintbrush ( I learned to decouage from Ms. Martha here).

07. Decoupage: (a) brush a coat of glue on desired spot on tin (b) place design over glue spot on tin (c) roll it out to eliminate bubbles/wrinkles (sorry, facial wrinkles exempt) (d) brush a coat of glue over design, repeat five min. later (e) brush a coat of polyurethane once design is completely dry.

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